Refugee Land Acquisitions in the Rappahannock Region

Written By Robert Lee

Note: This is an unpublished supplement to Dr. Lee’s book, The Huguenot-Anglican Refuge in Virginia.

1711 Patent of Clement Chevalle and Lewis Renoe

1711 Patent of Clement Chevalle and Lewis Renoe
968 acres in Stafford County, Virginia near the Huguenot Brent Town Tract
Lewis Renoe divided his portion of the patent with Lewis Tacquet.
Northern Neck Grants No. 4, 1710-1712, 43 

Part I: Land Acquisitions North of the Rappahannock River

  1. Peter Bache: sold 250 acres of a 500-acre tract he owned in Stafford in 1686.1

  2. Peter Bale: received a Northern Neck patent for 400 acres in Stafford in 1694.2

  3. Andrew Barbee: purchased 300 acres in Stafford in 1691.3

  4. John Bernard: acquired a tract of unknown acreage in Westmoreland that his widow sold in 1711.4

  5. Nicholas Bernard: receives a tract of unknown acreage in Stafford from his father-in-law, Jonah Revett in 1682.5

  6. Elizabeth Bernard: after being left destitute by the debts of her late husband, Nicholas Burnard, she received a Northern Neck patent for escheated land of 150 acres in Stafford in 1695.6

  7. John Bertrand: purchased 500 acres in Lancaster in 1692 and expanded this plantation to 924 acres through a Northern Neck patent received in 1698.7

  8. Stephen Besson: purchased land in Stafford County in partnership with John Pimmett in 1684 and sold it in 1686.8

  9. Marquis Calmes: received a Northern Neck patent for 711 acres in Stafford in 1706.9

  10. John Champ: owned land in Stafford in 1702 and purchased 307.5 acres in Richmond in 1703.10

  11. William Champ: purchased 202 acres in Stafford in 1702 adjacent to John Champ.11

  12. John Chaperoon: purchased land (unknown acreage) in Richmond in 1705.12

  13. Stephan Chaukerett: purchased a tract of unknown acreage in Northumberland in 1703.13

  14. Clement Chevalle: received a Northern Neck patent for 968 acres in Stafford in 1711 in partnership with Lewis Renoe.14

  15. Morrice Clerke: owned 100 acres in Richmond and 75 acres in Stafford (purchased 1692) according to his will filed in March 1711.15

  16. John Collyvow: sold 100 acres in Rappahannock (Richmond) in 1685, and owned land in Essex in 1698.16

  17. Simon Connil: owned land (acreage unknown) in Stafford by 1701.17

  18. James Dabney: owned land on both sides of the Rappahannock, sold 300 acres in Rappahannock (Richmond) in 1691 that he had inherited through his wife, Ann Sherwood.18

  19. Luke Demeritt: sold land in Richmond in 1699.19

  20. Samuel Demonvill: purchased 164 acres in Westmoreland in 1709, and received a Northern Neck patent for 404 acres in Stafford by 1714.20

  21. Rynhart de Fayolle: received a Northern Neck patent for 123 acres in Stafford in 1711.21

  22. Michall Dermott: received a Northern Neck patent for 248 acres in Stafford in 1712.22

  23. Isaac Duchemin: purchased 100 acres in Westmoreland in 1697.23

  24. Samuel Duchemin: owned land on both sides of the Rappahannock, acquired land (acreage unknown) in Richmond by 1708, and patented 440 acres in Westmoreland in 1710.24

  25. Theodore Durosou/de Rosseaux: acquired fifty acres in Richmond by the time of his death in 1712 and bequeathed this tract to his god-daughter, Elizabeth Foushee.25

  26. Lewis Fardo: purchased land (acreage unknown) in Rappahannock in 1688 in partnership with John Eales and sold 120 acres in Richmond in 1699.26

  27. Abraham Farrow: received Northern Neck patents for 400 acres and 800 acres in Stafford in 1694.27

  28. James Foushee: acquired 150 acres in Richmond by 1701.28

  29. Peter Foxon: owned land (acreage unknown) in Rappahannock (Richmond) in 1684.29

  30. Henry Gallop: purchased 130 acres in Richmond in 1698 and received a grant for 109 acres in Richmond in 1709.30

  31. Mark Gendron: sold 100 acres in Lancaster in 1703.31

  32. Henry Hardin: received a Northern Neck patent for 564 acres in Stafford in 1715.32

  33. John Lavag: Owns land (acreage unknown) in Rappahannock (Richmond) in 1691.33

  34. ______ LeClair: received 106 acres from his father-in-law in Stafford in 1698.34

  35. Peter Lehew: received a Northern Neck patent for 972 acres in Stafford in 1724.35

  36. John Manear: acquired 50 acres in Richmond by the time of his death in 1717.36

  37. John Marr: received a Northern Neck patent for 588 acres in Richmond in 1712 in partnership with John Hopper.37

  38. Paul Micou: owned land on both sides of the Rappahannock (likely about 3,000 acres), purchased 374.5 acres in Richmond in 1702 and 1704 (after moving to Essex).38

  39. Elias Morrice: received a Northern Neck patent for 403 acres in Westmoreland in 1694 in partnership with George Brown.39

  40. John Orion: apparently an alien who made a lease-to-own agreement for 100 acres in Richmond in 1708, with the deed to be gifted by the seller to his daughter once he and his wife were deceased.40

  41. Samuel Ponye: owned land (acreage unknown) in Rappahannock (Richmond) in 1686.41

  42. Cyprian Prou: apparently an alien who made a lease-to-own agreement for 170 acres in Richmond in 1704, with the deed to be gifted by the seller to his daughters once he and his wife were deceased.42

  43. Lewis Renoe: received a Northern Neck patent for 968 acres on Cedar Run near Brent Town in Stafford in 1711 in partnership with Clement Chevalle, then divided his portion with Lewis Tacquet.43

  44. Pierre Riviere: acquired 413 acres in Lancaster through purchases made between 1705 and 1726.44

  45. Lewis Tacquet: an alien who received about 200 acres of Lewis Renoe’s patent on Cedar Run near Brent Town in Stafford in 1711, that Renoe later gifted to Tacquet’s son after his death.45

  46. Daniel Tebbs: received a Northern Neck patent for 1,350 acres in Westmoreland in 1704 in partnership with Daniel McCarty and grants for 872 acres in Stafford in 1716 and 1728.46

  47. Francis Terrett: purchased land (acreage unknown) in Richmond in 1700.47

  48. Thomas Terrett: owned land (acreage unknown) in Westmoreland in 1692.48

  49. John Tillett: purchased 400 acres on the Occoquan River in Stafford in 1691.49

  50. Simon Tomasin: purchased land (acreage unknown) in Richmond in 1698.50

Part II: Land Acquisitions South of the Rappahannock River

  1. James Andres: purchased 259 acres in Rappahannock (Essex) in 1679.51

  2. William Barbee: received a patent for 200 acres in Middlesex in 1699.52

  3. John Brages: purchased twenty-five acres in Rappahannock (Essex) in 1687.53

  4. John Brazier: acquired 250 acres in Essex by 1704.54

  5. William Champ: owned land in New Kent in 1687.55

  6. John Collier: received a patent for 103 acres in King and Queen in 1711.56

  7. John Collyvow: owned land on both sides of the river, had land in Essex in 1698.57

  8. James Dabney: owned land on both sides of the Rappahannock, received patents for 204 acres in 1701 and 1,000 acres in 1702 in King and Queen (later King William) adjoining the land of his sister Sarah.58

  9. Sarah Dabney: received a patent for 179.5 acres in King and Queen (later King William) next to her brother, James, and sister Dorothy in 1701.59

  10. George Dabney: received a patent for 293 acres in King and Queen (later King William) adjacent to sister Sarah and brother James in 1701.60

  11. Alexander Denain: purchased 203 acres in Essex in 1692.61

  12. Jacob Devilliard: purchased land (acreage unknown) in Essex in 1702.62

  13. Samuel Duchemin: owned land on both sides of the Rappahannock, patented 816 acres in Essex in 1714.63

  14. Henry Gauler: patented 1091 acres in Essex in 1688 that he later deserted.64

  15. John Lastree: owned land (acreage unknown) in Rappahannock (Essex) in 1689.65

  16. Lewis Latané: purchased 200 acres in Essex in 1717, received 663 acres in Essex as a dowery for his wife (Mary Deane) in 1718, and received a Land Office patent for 24,000 acres in Spotsylvania in 1722 in partnership with nine other grantees.66

  17. Gedeon Macon: patented 155 acres in New Kent in 1694, owned land in King and Queen by 1695, and received a grant for 172 acres in King and Queen in 1701.67

  18. Abraham Marchant: purchased 443 acres in Essex with William Marchant in 1711.68

  19. William Marchant: purchased 443 acres in Essex with Abraham Marchant in 1711.69

  20. Arnold Marr: sold land (acreage unknown) in King and Queen in 1696.70

  21. Richard Marr: purchased land (acreage unknown) in King William in 1702, and added 100 adjacent acres in 1704.71

  22. Paul Micou: owned land on both sides of the Rappahannock (likely more than 3,000 acres), purchased 150 acres in Essex in 1697, received a Land Office patent for 650 acres in the county in 1727, and made other substantial purchases in Essex.72

  23. Robert Napier: received Land Office patents in New Kent for 190 acres in 1690 and 753 acres in 1693.73

  24. Joshua Nason: purchased 190 acres in Rappahannock (Essex) by 1692 and sold it in 1702 after moving to King and Queen.74

  25. Josué Norment: his land (acreage unknown) in New Kent (later King William) was cited in 1682 and 1689 deeds, and he sold 100 acres in the county in 1703.75

  26. James Quarles: owned land (acreage unknown) in New Kent (later King and Queen/King William) in 1683.76

  27. John Quarles: purchased land (acreage unknown) in King William in 1702.77

  28. Maurice Robert: received a patent for 300 acres in King and Queen in 1702.78

  29. John Roy: owned 535 acres in Essex through his wife, Dorothy Taliaferro Smith, from her 1712 patent.79

  30. William Roy: received patent (unknown acreage) in King and Queen before 1731.80

  31. Peter Salinger: owned a plantation (unknown acreage) in Essex by 1696.81

  32. Matthew Seay: purchased 100 acres in King William in 1704.82

  33. Peter Trebble: purchased ninety-three acres in Essex in 1697, 100 acres in Essex in 1707, and 100 acres in King and Queen in 1722.83

  34. Isaac Trocq: in partnership with his wife, made a gift of 150 acres in Essex in 1717.84

  35. Bartholomew Vawter: purchased 150 acres in Essex in 1690, and expanded his holdings in the county to 400 acres by 1704.85

  36. Job Virgett: traded a horse, bridle, and saddle for seventy-eight acres in Essex in 1695.86

Brick-lined Well Dating from the Early 1700s
Excavated Near the Plantation House of John and Charlotte Bertrand
Belle Isle State Park, Lancaster County, Virginia
William and Mary Center for Archeological Research, August 2020 

Notes:

1Ruth and Sam Sparacio, Stafford County Deed and Will Book, 1686-1689, 7-8.

2Northern Neck Grants No. 2, 1694-1700, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 103.

3Sparacio, Stafford County Deed and Will Book, 1689-1693, 49; Sparacio, Stafford County Order Book, 1692-1693, 30.

4John Frederick Dorman, Westmoreland County Order Book, 1705-1721, 1709-1711, 67.

5Sparacio, Stafford County Deed and Will Book, 1686-1689, 44 and 103.

6Sparacio, Stafford County Deed and Will Book, 1699-1709, 33.

7Northern Neck Grants No. 2, 1694-1700, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 293-295.

8Sparacio, Stafford County Deed and Will Book, 1686-1689, 55.

9Northern Neck Grants No. 3, 1703-1710, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 147.

10Sparacio, Stafford County Deed and Will Book, 1699-1709, 43-44; Sparacio, Richmond County Deed Book, 1701-1704, 39-40.

11Sparacio, Stafford County Deed and Will Book, 1699-1709, 43-44.

12Sparacio, Richmond County Order Book, 1704-1705, 43.

13Sparacio, Northumberland County Order Book, 1702-1704, 8.

14Northern Neck Grants No. 4, 1710-1712, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 43.

15Robert K. Headley, Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800, 20; Sparacio, Stafford County Deeds and Wills, 1689-1692, 134.

16Sparacio, Old Rappahannock County Deed Book, 1686-1688, 1-2; Sparacio, Essex County Deed and Will Book, 1697-1699, 53.

17Sparacio, Stafford County Deed and Will Book, 1699-1709, 109-110.

18Sparacio, Old Rappahannock County Deed Book, 1688-1692, 107.

19Sparacio, Richmond County Deed Book, 1695-1701, 93.

20Dorman, Westmoreland County Deed Book, 1665-1677 (Part Four, Appended Deed and Will Book, 1707-1709), 77; Grants from Proprietary, 1713-1714, Fairfax Papers, BR Box 227 (8), Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.

21Northern Neck Grants No. 4, 1710-1712, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 43.

22Northern Neck Grants No. 4, 1710-1712, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 103.

23Dorman, Westmoreland Deeds and Wills, no. 2, 1691-1699, 38.

24Sparacio, Richmond County Deed Book, 1705-1708, 110-111; William Armstrong Crozier, Virginia County Records, New Series, vol. 1, Westmoreland County; Nell M. Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 3, 149.

25Headley, Wills of Richmond, County, Virginia, 1699-1800, 22.

26Sparacio, Old Rappahannock County Deed Book, 1686-1688, 79; Sparacio, Richmond County Deed Book, 1695-1701, 94-95.

27Northern Neck Grants No. 2, 1694-1700, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 112-113, and 120-121.

28Lancaster County Deed Book 3, 1701, 78; Sparacio, Richmond County Order Book, 1699-1701, 79.

29Sparacio, Old Rappahannock County Will Book, 1682-1687, 52.

30Sparacio, Richmond County Order Book, 1695-1701, 65; Northern Neck Grants No. 3, 1703-1710, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 232.

31Sparacio, Lancaster County Deed Book, 1701-1706, 37.

32Northern Neck Grants No. 5, 1713-1719, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 60.

33Sparacio, Old Rappahannock County Deed Book, 1688-1692, 107.

34Sparacio, Stafford County Deed and Will Book, 1699-1709, 59.

35Northern Neck Grants A, 1722-1726, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 128.

36Headley, Wills of Richmond, County, Virginia, 1699-1800, 37.

37Northern Neck Grants No. 4, 1710-1712, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 94.

38Sparacio, Richmond County Deed Book, 1701-1704, 33-34, 52-53, and 62-63.

39Northern Neck Grants No. 2, 1694-1700, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 76-77.

40Sparacio, Richmond County Deed Book, 1705-1708, 110-111.

41Sparacio, Old Rappahannock County Deed Book, 1686-1688, 30.

42Sparacio, Richmond County Deed Book, 1701-1704, 63-67.

43Northern Neck Grants, No. 4, 1710-1712, 43; Northern Neck Grants F, 1742-1754, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 274.

44Lancaster County Deed Book No. 11, 125-126, 174-175, 227-228, and 279-280.

45Northern Neck Grants No. 5, 1713-1719, 65; Northern Neck Grants F, 1742-1754, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 274.

46Northern Neck Grants No. 3, 1703-1710, 23; Northern Neck Grants No. 5, 1713-1719, 103; Northern Neck Grants B, 1726-1729, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 134, 183.

47Sparacio, Richmond County Deeds and Wills, 1695-1701, 100.

48Northern Neck Grants No. 1, 1690-1692, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 172-173.

49Sparacio, Stafford County Order Book, 1691-1692, 42-43.

50Sparacio, Richmond County Deeds and Wills, 1695-1701, 62.

51Sparacio, Old Rappahannock County Deed Book, 1682-1686, 75.

52Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 3, 25.

53Sparacio, Old Rappahannock County Deed Book, 1686-1688, 80.

54John Bailey Calvert Nicklin, “An Annotated Copy of the Rent Roll of 1704,” 398.

55Beverley Fleet, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, vol. 2, 239.

56Land Office Patents No. 10, 1710-1719, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 10.

57Sparacio, Essex County Deed and Will Book, 1697-1699, 53.

58Land Office Patents No. 9, 1697-1706, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 348 and 445.

59Land Office Patents No. 9, 1697-1706, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 352; Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 3, 46.

60Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 3, 46.

61Sparacio, Essex County Deed and Will Book, 1692-1693, 62-63.

62Sparacio, Essex County Order Book, 1699-1702, 114; Nicklin, “An Annotated Copy of the Rent Roll of 1704,” 399.

63Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 3, 149.

64Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 2, 329.

65Sparacio, Old Rappahannock County Deed Book, 1688-1692, 48.

66Dorman, Essex County Record Book, 1706-1707, 1717-1719, 41 and 70; Land Office Patents No. 11, 1719-1724, Library of Virginia, Richmond, 147.

67Beverly Conolly, ed. King William County, Virginia Records, 1702-1806, 8; Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 2, 391, vol. 3, 46.

68Dorman, Essex County Deed and Will Book No. 13, 1707-1711, 114.

69Ibid.

70Conolly, ed. King William County, Virginia Records, 1702-1806, 14.

71Ibid., 5, 12, 13.

72Sparacio, Essex County Deed and Will Book, 1695-1697, 69-70; Land Office Patents No. 13, 1725-1730, 281. Paul Micou’s 1736 will shows that he had extensive land holdings, through his own purchases and his wife’s inheritance, Sparacio, Essex County Will Book 6, 1735-1743, 11-12.

73Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 2, 357 and 385.

74Sparacio, Essex County Deed and Will Book 1701-1703, 79.

75Sparacio, King William County Record Book, 1702-1705, 38-39, and 42; Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 2, 333.

76Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 2, 260.

77Connolly, ed., King William County Record Book, 1702-1806, 4.

78Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 3, 56.

79Ibid., 128 and 203.

80Ibid., 405.

81Sparacio, Essex County Deed and Will Book, 1695-1697, 34; Nicklin, “An Annotated Copy of the Rent Roll of 1704,” 404.

82Sparacio, King William County Record Book, 1702-1705, 68-69.

83Sparacio, Essex County Deed and Will Book, 1697-1699, 78; Dorman, Essex County Records, 1706-1707, 1717-1719, 24; Fleet, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, 243.

84Dorman, Essex County Record Book, 1706-1707, 1717-1719, 69.

85Nicklin, “An Annotated Copy of the Rent Roll of 1704,” 404; Sparacio, Essex County Deed and Will Book, 1692-1693, 30 and 90.

86Sparacio, Essex County Deed and Will Book, 1694-1695, 92; Nicklin, “An Annotated Copy of the Rent Roll of 1704,” 404.

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